[Bug 157732] New: Plasma Widgets - Requesting Auto-hide features

[Michael]

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           Summary: Plasma Widgets - Requesting Auto-hide features
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: mjevans1983 gmail com


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.1)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2) distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) [enabled] (Not used by cmake?)

There were two things I instantly loathed about 4.0.1

One of which is my inability to figure out how to setup Auto-Hide. (Which is surely a basic, release candidate level requirement, you wouldn't release without it, would you?)

First, not only was the application display/launch bar thing huge, I still haven't been able to figure out auto-hide for it.

Second, I can't set auto-hide for any other widgets.

Maybe this can be fixed with documentation, but the request is more for future releases (and hopefully someone links me to some documentation in the interim).

So, the Request.

Auto-Hide should be possible, and should have three general areas of setting (multi-head might require more).

1) Global, effecting all screen edges, setting the default behavior for any Widget/Plasmoid docked against an edge.
2) Per-Edge (same)
3) Per-Widget/Plasmoid

More specific settings obviously over-riding the defaults, which should be configurable.